Sunday, January 1, 2012

This week I was practicing poses and locations for my niece's senior photos that I was going to do in about a month. I used my usual models, my sister in law and sister! My sister was a great sport for me and even though she doesn't like the way she looks with braces, she still smiled for me. I think her smile is beautiful, even with braces!

Trying to capture a little solar flare, not too bad for a newbie like myself!

Mr. Gross wanted us to take a picture of a tree/cactus etc that looked like something other than it is. That same weekend I was taking pictures for a picture book I had to make for my Children's literature class. So I got a lot of pictures of saguaro cacti. Not my favorite subject to photograph but I did learn a few things!

This is the week that I did my 1940's photoshoot. I had the help of my brother and his wife (and his awesome truck!) and sister and her husband (they were my lovely models!), and a few people who lent us some clothes and accessories. We went to an old boarded up hotel in downtown Phoenix and we had SO. MUCH. FUN! Here's some of my favorites!

I used my brother in law and sister in law for these pictures. I found, while doing these shots, that portraits are a little awkward. That's something I need to work on. It was fun though, and I got some good shots.